380 INSESSORES. YUNX. 



Plate S8. Fig. 3. Represents a male bird, in the natural 

 size. 



General Forehead greyish-white. Crown of the head aurora-red. 



descrip- Streak over the eye, occiput, and nape of the neck, 



black. Cheeks and sides of the neck white. From the 

 corners of the lower mandible a black streak proceeds 

 downwards towards the shoulder. Upper part of the 

 back and lesser wing-coverts glossy black. Middle re- 

 gion of the back and scapulars white, barred with black. 

 Quills black, spotted with white. Rump and the four 

 middle tail-feathers black ; upon the rest, the black de- 

 creases to the outer feather, which is wholly white, ex- 

 cept a black spot near the tip. Under parts greyish- 

 white, with a few dusky spots upon the sides of the 

 breast. Legs bluish-grey. Bill grey, darker towards 

 the tip. In the female bird, the crown of the head is 

 white, in other respects similar to the male. 



Genus YUNX, Linn. WRYNECK. 



GENERIC CHARACTERS. 



Bill short, straight, conical, and depressed; the ridge 

 rounded. Mandibles of equal length, sharp, and not emar- 

 ginated. Nostrils basal and lateral, naked, and partly closed 

 by a membrane. Tongue long, lumbriciform, and armed at 

 the point with a horny substance. Feet with two toes be- 

 fore, and two behind ; the anterior ones joined at their base. 

 Tail consisting of ten soft and flexible feathers. Wings of 

 mean length, the first feather a little shorter than the second, 

 which is the longest in the wing. 



This genus contains at present three species, and forms a 

 connecting link between the Cuckoos and Woodpeckers ; 

 having the long flexible tail of the former, and approaching 



